Apparatus for utilizing the waste heat of stove-pipes and chimneys



(No Model.)

- H. M. WHEELER.

APlLkRA'I'US FOE UTILIZING THE WASTE, HEAT 0? STOVE PIPES AND OHIMNEYS.

No. 284,106. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,106, dated August 218, 1883.

. Application filed March I, 1883.

To (ti/Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HIRAM Moons XVHEEL- ER, of Smithson, in the county of WVhite and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Domestic Boilers and Steam-Generators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to means for heating water or generating steam, which may be arranged in connection with an ordinary stovepipe or chimney; and the invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and claimed.

The drawing is a section of a pipe or flue, showing the application of my invention.

A indicates a stove-pipe,'fiue, or chimney,

' and B is a water-pipe arranged in the flue A,

and having its two ends communicating with the upper and lowerparts, respectively, of a tank, C. In order toproducethenecessary circulation of water through the pipe 13, the pipe adapted for supplying hot water on any floor of a house not higher than the location of the tank. To provide for the supply of hot water on a floor below that on which the tank is placed, the pipe B is provided with a branch pipe, I), projecting through the stove-pipe or flue A at apoint in the neighborhood of said floor. By locating the tank at the upper part of the house and having the pipe B extend (No model.)

down the chimney to or near the first floor, and providing a suitable number of cocks, hot water may be supplied on every floor. The capacity and heating-surface of the pipe B may be increased by forming coils therein.

E indicates an exhaust for the steam, and F is abranch pipe leading to a bath-tub, G. The tank may be divided into two or more com: partments, communicating by suitable stops, H, in order that a portion of the water in the tank may be heated at a time.

If desired, the heating apparatus may be used as a steanrgenerator, suitable conducting-pipes being provided for distributing the same.

By connecting the two upper ends of pipe B by means of the exhaust E, and providing cocks between the exhaust and the tank, as shown in the drawing, steam may be generated in both ends of said pipe when the supply of water is limited by the lower cock, and if the upper cock is closed, the steam may be utilized for heating purposes by means of a radiator, J to which the steam may be conducted by a suitable pipe, as shown.

I am aware that hot-water pipes have before been arranged in fines, and I do not claim this idea, broadly; but

That I claim is r The combination of the water-heating pipe 13, the exhaust E, connecting the ends of said pipe, the tank 0, and cocks, located one in each branch of the pipe, between the exhaust and the tank, and the radiator J, connected to the exhaust E by a pipe, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set 'forth.

HIRAM M. WHEELER.

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